Reading Zen in the Rocks: The Japanese Dry Landscape Garden
US $8.95US $8.95
Jun 19, 00:09Jun 19, 00:09
Picture 1 of 1
Gallery
Picture 1 of 1
Reading Zen in the Rocks: The Japanese Dry Landscape Garden
US $8.95
ApproximatelyRM 37.98
Condition:
Like New
A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
Shipping:
Free Economy Shipping.
Located in: South San Francisco, California, United States
Delivery:
Estimated between Thu, 26 Jun and Mon, 30 Jun to 94104
Returns:
No returns accepted.
Coverage:
Read item description or contact seller for details. See all detailsSee all details on coverage
(Not eligible for eBay purchase protection programmes)
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:316906161844
All net proceeds will support Goodwill of the San Francisco Bay
- Official eBay for Charity listing. Learn more
- This sale benefits a verified non-profit partner.
Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780226044118
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226044114
ISBN-13
9780226044118
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1649539
Product Key Features
Original Language
French
Book Title
Reading Zen in the Rocks : the Japanese Dry Landscape Garden
Number of Pages
179 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2000
Topic
Landscape, Regional / General, Buddhism / Zen (See Also Philosophy / Zen), Aesthetics, Garden Design, Japanese Gardens
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Religion, Philosophy, Gardening
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
18.3 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
99-043678
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
712.60952
Table Of Content
Translator's Preface Reading Zen in the Rocks: The Japanese Dry Landscape Garden Chronology The Role of Rock in Japanese Dry Landscape Garden by Graham Parkes Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Synopsis
The Japanese dry landscape garden has long attracted--and long baffled--viewers from the West. While museums across the United States are replicating these "Zen rock gardens" in their courtyards and miniature versions of the gardens are now office decorations, they remain enigmatic, their philosophical and aesthetic significance obscured. Reading Zen in the Rocks , the classic essay on the karesansui garden by French art historian François Berthier, has now been translated by Graham Parkes, giving English-speaking readers a concise, thorough, and beautifully illustrated history of these gardens. Berthier's guided tour of the famous garden of Ryoanji (Temple) in Kyoto leads him into an exposition of the genre, focusing on its Chinese antecedents and affiliations with Taoist ideas and Chinese landscape painting. He traces the roles of Shinto and Zen Buddhism in the evolution of the garden and also considers how manual laborers from the lowest classes in Japan had a hand in creating some of its highest examples. Parkes contributes an equally original and substantive essay which delves into the philosophical importance of rocks and their "language of stone," delineating the difference between Chinese and Japanese rock gardens and their relationship to Buddhism. Together, the two essays compose one of the most comprehensive and elegantly written studies of this haunting garden form. Reading Zen in the Rocks is fully illustrated with photographs of all the major gardens discussed, making it a handsome addition to the library of anyone interested in gardening, Eastern philosophy, and the combination of the two that the karesansui so superbly represents. Praise for the French edition: "A small book of rare depth, remarkably illustrated, on one of the most celebrated and beautiful rock gardens of the monasteries of Kyoto."-- L'Humanité "Through Le Jardin de Ryoanji , Berthier teaches us to read the zen in the rocks, to discover the language offered by the garden at Ryoanji. Enigmatic, poetic, and disconcerting, an enriching journey through a work of art of surprising modernity, Le Jardin de Ryoanji is a work that will interest all the amateurs of Japanese art and Eastern philosophy."-- Lien Horticole, The Japanese dry landscape garden has long attracted and long baffled viewers from the West. While museums across the United States are replicating these "Zen rock gardens" in their courtyards and miniature versions of the gardens are now office decorations, they remain enigmatic, their philosophical and aesthetic significance obscured. "Reading Zen in the Rocks," the classic essay on the "karesansui" garden by French art historian Francois Berthier, has now been translated by Graham Parkes, giving English-speaking readers a concise, thorough, and beautifully illustrated history of these gardens. Berthier's guided tour of the famous garden of Ryoanji (Temple) in Kyoto leads him into an exposition of the genre, focusing on its Chinese antecedents and affiliations with Taoist ideas and Chinese landscape painting. He traces the roles of Shinto and Zen Buddhism in the evolution of the garden and also considers how manual laborers from the lowest classes in Japan had a hand in creating some of its highest examples. Parkes contributes an equally original and substantive essay which delves into the philosophical importance of rocks and their "language of stone," delineating the difference between Chinese and Japanese rock gardens and their relationship to Buddhism. Together, the two essays compose one of the most comprehensive and elegantly written studies of this haunting garden form. "Reading Zen in the Rocks" is fully illustrated with photographs of all the major gardens discussed, making it a handsome addition to the library of anyone interested in gardening, Eastern philosophy, and the combination of the two that the "karesansui" so superbly represents. Praise for the French edition: "A small book of rare depth, remarkably illustrated, on one of the most celebrated and beautiful rock gardens of the monasteries of Kyoto." "L'Humanite" "Through "Le Jardin de Ryoanji," Berthier teaches us to read the zen in the rocks, to discover the language offered by the garden at Ryoanji. Enigmatic, poetic, and disconcerting, an enriching journey through a work of art of surprising modernity, "Le Jardin de Ryoanji" is a work that will interest all the amateurs of Japanese art and Eastern philosophy." "Lien Horticole" "
LC Classification Number
SB458.B4713 2000
Item description from the seller
Seller feedback (306,849)
This item (1)
All items (306,849)
- c***1 (437)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGreat price for this title. Really appreciate you having had this copy available. Thank you
- u***h (806)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseItem as described. Good transaction
- 2***8 (258)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchase👍👍👍
More to explore :
- Rock! Magazines in Japanese,
- Home & Garden Magazines in Japanese,
- Rock! Quarterly Magazines in Japanese,
- Rock! Fashion Magazines in Japanese,
- Rock! Monthly Magazines in Japanese,
- Disney Wonderful World Of Reading,
- Japanese Magazines,
- & Fiction Books in Japanese,
- Learning to Read Fiction Picture Books Books,
- Learning to Read Fiction & Nonfiction Books